| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 23 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 22 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | Swansea City | 23 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 22 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Wrexham | 21 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 23 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 23 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 23 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 21 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 22 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 22 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 23 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 21 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 22 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 22 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 24 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | ||||